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SACRAMENTO – The criticisms of Governor Brown’s high-speed rail project continue to pile up. Dan Walters’ commentary published in CALmatters highlights the project’s lack of funding and warns that taxpayers may be on the hook for far more than the $9.95 billion bond California voters approved a decade ago.

“Today’s news is further evidence that the high-speed rail project is a financial train wreck for taxpayers. Every additional tax dollar spent on this unnecessary project is one less dollar for critical priorities such as fixing roads. That’s why I strongly opposed the gas and car tax increases because Sacramento’s budget decisions are out of whack. It’s time to stop overtaxing Californians and use the high-speed rail money instead for road repairs.” Continue reading→

High-speed rail continues to be an expensive, sick joke for California. Under the current plan, it is no longer “high-speed” and projected costs, which seem to change almost daily, appear to be doubling.

In the latest news, the nascent California high-speed rail system is running $50 million over budget for a two mile stretch in Fresno. Continue reading→

Sacramento – Senator Andy Vidak (R-Hanford) issued the following statement in response to the High-Speed Rail Authority announcing the first leg of the train route will be from San Jose to Bakersfield, instead of Madera to Burbank: Continue reading→

Despite Assemblymember Jim Patterson’s (R-Fresno) tenacious effort to make today’s “oversight” hearing on High-Speed Rail a genuine review, the majority party rigged it so that it was just another pitiful whitewash. Continue reading→